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Drawing competition for Designing Special Covers with the Theme “COVID 19 VACCINATION”
To promote the inbuilt drawing skill from children and to know about Philately and to create awareness for Vaccination against Covid 19, the Philatelic Bureau, Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600 002 is organizing a Drawing competition for Designing Special Covers with the Theme “COVID 19 VACCINATION” .
Eligibility Criteria:
- The Children between age group of 6 to 15 as on 01.07.2021.
- The Entry fee for the Competition is 200/- to be sent either through Cheque or DD. It will be utilized to open Philately Deposit Account or will be utilized to recharge the account, if Philately Deposit Account already exists, in the name of Participant. New release of Commemorative Stamps will be dispatched to the participant, until Rs.200/- is exhausted. The account can be recharged further by the Children in due course.
- The Participants have to send the following  through Speed Post / Registered Post to The Chief Postmaster, Philatelic Bureau, Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600 002 on or before 28.08.2021
a.Application with the details of Name, Gender, Age, Standard, School name, Residential Address, Phone number and, email id , Cheque or DD Number with date, PDA Number .
b.Any one Valid Age Proof like Aadhar, School Id, Birth Certificate etc., containing Date of Birth of the participant.
c. Cheque or DD drawn in favour of The Chief Postmaster, Anna Road HPO, Chennai-600002.
- Application with incomplete particulars will not be entertained.
- The last date for receipt of entry fee by this office is fixed as 28.08.2021 and the late entry will not be accepted.
Drawing Theme & others:
- The Theme of Drawing is “COVID 19 VACCINATION” . The Drawing should be made in A4 size paper.
- The drawing can be done at the convenient timing of Children at home. Roll number will be allotted by Department of Posts and will be intimated to the participant, on receipt of Cheque / DD.
- After receiving the Roll number, the Drawing should be scanned and emailed to philactivity[at]gmail[dot]com in JPEG Format mentioning their roll number in Subject on or before 31.08.2021. Each participant should sent only one Entry.
- Hard Copy of Drawing is need to send only on request by Department of Posts.
- The last date for receipt of Drawing through email is fixed as 31.08.2021 and the late entry will not be accepted.
Selection Process & Prize Details:
- The competition will be conducted into two categories viz. Primary  and Secondary . The first four from each category will be awarded with Cash Prize.
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Prize Category
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Prize Amount
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First Prize in each Category
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Rs.2,500/- 
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Second Prize in each Category
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Rs.1,500/- 
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Third Prize in each Category
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Rs.1,000/- 
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Fourth Prize in each Category
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Rs.500/- 
- The Selection made by Department of Posts is final.
- No written communication will be sent for entries other than the selected entries.
- The Selected Drawings will be used as Designs for the preparation of Special Covers / Cachet Designs to honour the innovative drawing of Children and thus the Children become Designer for India Post.
This is stated in a press release issued by Thiru M.Murali, Chief Postmaster, Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600 002.